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Thursday, September 6, 2007 | The Red & Black
Former Jayhawks
star returns solo
By JENNIFER JACKSON
The Red & Black
After finding success
with alt/country stars The
Jayhawks, front-man Mark
Olson went solo, recorded
“The Salvation Blues” and
is now returning to rock the
Classic City again.
“I’ve played at the 40
Watt a few times; Athens is
a wonderful town,” said
Olson. “I love coming to
Georgia it has the best
sweet tea.”
Now the soloist is revis
iting Athens at a newer
venue: The Melting Point.
Going at it alone, howev
er, wasn’t always his plan.
“I love playing music,”
Olson said. “Playing as a
soloist is how I can do that
right now.”
Olson left The Jayhawks
after their most successful
release, “Tomorrow The
Green Grass.”
Olson and his newest
project have been touring
since his solo album came
out in June.
“The tour has been great
so far,” he said. “All of the
shows have gone well and
we’ve had good weather.”
He plans for the show
Saturday to be just as
promising.
“I’m one of four mem
bers, and we all bring
something different to each
show,” said Olson. “We’re
two bands in one— we do a
folk theme and switch off
to a rock theme.”
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When: 830 p.m. Saturday
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Songs from “The
Salvation Blues,” including
Olson’s favorite, “Clifton
Bridge,” will be played at
the show.
“When I write, I think
about things that have
occurred in my life,” he
said. “I have observed my
life over the past 20 years
and make it a point to
remember things. When it
comes time to write, I pull
these things out and use
them in my songs.”
After a roller coaster of
obstacles, including his
divorce and separation
from his two previous
bands, Olson finally has
found his niche.
“I feel good when I play
the piano, guitar, sing, bass
the whole thing. No mat
ter what happens, when I’m
playing music, I feel good,”
Olson said.
“It’s what you get from
music that’s important,” he
said. “While you’re listening
to a song, it should take
you outside of yourself and
create an imaginary world,
but it should also reflect
the real world. It moves
you. I want that effect
when I’m listening to
music, and I want to have
that affect on people.”
OUT & ABOUT
Georgia Theatre hosts
high energy electro-rock
By ANNA KRAKOVSKI
The Red & Black
For three kids in their early 20s,
Alex Botwin, Ben Hazlegrove and
Lane Shaw have a lot to gloat
about.
The three met two-and-a-half
years ago, started Pnuma Trio,
moved to Memphis and started
practicing 10 hours a day so that
they could pull out a whopping 140
shows within their first year.
With Botwin on bass,
Hazlegrove on keyboards and
Shaw on drums, the band has
played 226 shows in the last year
and traveled to 15 festivals every
summer, including Ten Thousand
Lakes, Langerado, Smile Fest and
Wakarusa.
“While their music is structured
and fast paced, it still has the abil
ity and freedom to move around
much like a jam band,” said Keith
Lewinter, the band’s manager.
“Sometimes it feels locked in and
other times it has ability to cas
cade,” he said.
Lewinter described Pnuma Trio
as a “live electronic band that has
a lot of jam abilities.” He said they
are very interesting to watch
because of their “good chemistry.”
The trio is set to put out its
first studio record, “Character,” in
mid-September in Japan.
“We’ve been into making our
music super-thick on the low end,”
he said. “I don’t really know what I
would label us, because it’s pretty
much everything we love from hip
hop to dirty South rap to jam
bands and rock ‘n’ roll.”
Botwin said a lot of the new
songs on the record sound like
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“I did a lot of the production on
our album, and the way we pro
duce is completely different from
what other people are doing,” he
said. “We’re trying to merge into
something new, while sticking to
the boundary of what’s acceptable,
listenable and enjoyable.”
Botwin said the band’s shows
are very high-energy and fun,
incorporating laptops and having
a large amount of moving lights
and lasers.
“You won’t hear drums like our
drummer anywhere else l’m
amazed by him everyday” he said.
“We’re playing stuff that sounds
like club music with electronic
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side isn’t really jam band stuff.”
Botwin said he’s excited to
debut the band’s music at Georgia
Theatre, a place that has so much
personal history.
“When I was in college in
Tennessee, I would drive down
with my friends to see Sound Tribe
there,” he said. “That place has a
lot of good memories.”
Theatre owner Wilmot Greene
echoed Botwin’s excitement about
what to expect from Saturday’s
show.
“They are bringing in an LED
light rig, which is pretty new tech
nology,” said Greene. “So it should
look as cool as it sounds.”
WALKING THE WALK
When: 7 tonight
Where: Tate Center Reception
Hall
Cost: Free
Meeting
to teach
assault
victims
By CAMERON HUBBARD
The Red & Black
Someone is sexually
assaulted in the United
States every two-and-a
half minutes, according to
the Web site for the Rape,
Abuse and Incest National
Network.
In an effort to help open
up dialog about the issue
of sexual assault, the
Office for Violence
Prevention is hosting
“Walking the Walk” in the
Tate Center tonight at 7
p.m.
“It’s still a taboo issue,”
said Larry Gourdine, rela
tionship & sexual violence
prevention coordinator for
the University. “The more
we provide opportunities
for students to talk about
sexual violence, it’s a posi
tive thing.”
“Walking the Walk” will
be an interactive simula
tion that allows partici
pants to move through
seven stations based on
their decisions.
Participants will experi
ence simulated interac
tions with family and
friends, including such
reactions as victim blam
ing.
“It’s very important
that people are aware of
what survivors go
through,” Gourdine paid,
stressing a focus on all
people, not just victims.
After the simulation,
participants will take part
in a discussion of their
thoughts and feelings
about the issue and the
exercise.
There is a “collective
responsibility among
everyone at UGA to pro
mote safety,” said
Gourdine.
For all University stu
dents, Gourdine encourag
es a sense of empathy for
victims and for fellow stu
dents. His focus is on the
people of the University
community becoming
active, not passive,
bystanders.
If someone feels like
there is a potential for vio
lence in a situation,
Gourdine encourages them
to speak up.
“How Would we feel put
ting nuraftlves in that situ
ation? Would we want
someone to step in?
Ninety-nine percent of stu
dents would say yes.”
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